Page 6: Historical Events In January - 01

1844  On January - 01 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week)   

1845  The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is completed on January - 01.   

1846  On January - 01 yucatan declares independence from México   

1846  On this day in history yucatan declares independence from Mexico   

1846  On January - 01 nikola Pasic, Serbian nationalist/premier (1891..1926)   

1847  On January - 01 michigan is first state to abolish capital punishment   

1847  On January - 01 netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing   

1847  Michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment on this day in history.   

1848  Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua on January - 01.   

1850  On this day in history raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76   

1851  On this day in history city of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line   

1852  Netherlands begins issuing postage stamps on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history the first US public bath opens in New York City NY   

1852  On January - 01 1st US public bath opens, in NYC   

1853  The first practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service on January - 01.   

1853  On this day in history 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US enters service   

1853  Hans Koessler, composer on January - 01.   

1854  On January - 01 lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford PA)   

1854  On this day in history lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn)   

1854  James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough) on this day in history.   

1858  Canada begins using decimal currency system on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies   

1860  On this day in history slavery ends of in Neth Indies   

1861  On January - 01 porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City   

1861  On this day in history president Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful   

1862  On this day in history battle of Fort McRee FL, Battle of Port Royal SC (Port Royal Ferry)   

1862  On January - 01 the first US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)   

1862  US income tax goes into effect (3% of incomes > $600,% of incomes > $10,000) on January - 01.   

1862  1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000) on this day in history.   

1862  On January - 01 snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor (College, Phantom of the Opera)   

1863  Battle of Galveston, TX - Confederates recapture the city on this day in history.   

1863  Battle of Helena AK on this day in history.   

1863  Emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln on this day in history.   

1863  The birth of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern olympics on this day in history.   

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0766  On January - 01 birth of ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)   

1387  On January - 01 birth of charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra (1349-87)   

1431  On this day in history birth of alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503)   

1449  Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence was born on this day in history.   

1449  Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) was born on January - 01.   

1467  On January - 01 birth of sigismund I, the old, king of Poland   

1481  Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer was born on this day in history.   

1484  On this day in history birth of huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)   

0379  Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies on January - 01.   

0404  Death of Telemachus, Roman monk, murdered on this day in history.   

0898  On January - 01 odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39   

0962  Boudouin III, count of Flanders, dies on January - 01.   

1204  On this day in history death of king Haakon III of Norway (c. 1170)   

1387  Karel de Boze, king of Navarra (1349-87), dies on this day in history.   

1502  On January - 01 gregorius XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italy, pope (1572-85), dies   

1515  Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 on this day in history.